Take Two, Action!
Today we went to refilm the beach scene for our opening sequence. We decided to get there at about half 3 because this is about the time that we filmed our woods scene, and it would give us time to set up and film everything before it got too dark like last time.
This time we had three more extras with us, as well as our friend playing 'Amber'. Shani filmed it all so unlike last time she wouldnt randomly be in a shot one minute and gone the next.
We also managed to build a proper fire this time, so it actually looked decent in comparison to our last attempt, which it's fair to say failed quite a lot.
This time we were definitly better planned and focussed. We aimed to get loads of shot with a lot of variety between so we would have enough when we come to edit the clips in. We had a lot of props with us, like food, a guitar and cups, but this time we actually remembered to set all of it out properly.
As well as this we gave a lot better direction to our extra and our group itself, making sure they were in the same position throughout the first part of our beach scene so we could get the continuity right, and I made sure to repeat the guitar chords again to help the continuity. For the most part we recorded the group randomly without telling them so they would act natural and wouldn't look at the camera too much or act awkwardly. This pretty much made it just like a real gathering, only with a camera or three.
In short our second attempt at filming the beach scene went really well, we got loads of shots and planned everything really well. All we need to do now is edit in the clips, edit the sound and add a few fancy filters and transitions and we're ready for our rough cut on Wednesday.
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